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🌱 Patch AM: Why F. Gilbert Hills in Foxborough might be your new favorite escape
You won't want to miss Wrentham Electronics Recycling Event ♻️ on the Foxborough Patch calendar

Greetings Foxborough! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Why F. Gilbert Hills in Foxborough might be your new favorite escape
- Former Foxborough fan favorite QB suddenly back on the market
Also on today's calendar: Wrentham Electronics Recycling Event ♻️ and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: A stray afternoon shower, with a high of 86 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 80, low: 62.
- Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 74 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Where To Escape In Massachusetts When You Need Fresh Air And A Little Peace (takingthekids.com) — Foxborough's own F. Gilbert Hills State Forest gets top billing as a quiet, pine‑shaded escape with 23 miles of hiking and biking trails, picnic spots, and free parking on Mill Street. The guide then rounds up other scenic parks across Massachusetts, offering options from waterfall hikes to wildlife sanctuaries for whenever you need fresh air and a reset.
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• Patriots' Former Starting QB Cut by Jets as NFL Roster Deadline Nears (heavy.com) — Patriots fans in Foxborough will recognize Bailey Zappe's name as the former fan-favorite quarterback has been released by the New York Jets after a shaky preseason. The onetime popular figure at Gillette Stadium, who started eight games for New England, now hits free agency again as NFL teams finalize their rosters.
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📸 Around Foxborough
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Foxborough
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★ Featured events ★
- Wrentham Electronics Recycling Event ♻️ →
St. Mary Catholic Church, Wrentham, 130 South St, Wrentham
9:00 am
Saturday September 5
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Other local events
- Zoom with a Law Librarian
Boyden Library Zoom
1:00 pm - Dungeons & Dragons, Ages 18-25
Boyden Library Mezzanine Conference Room , 2 Baker Street, Foxbor
5:00 pm - Teenwork Partners
Boyden Library Fuller Conference Room , 2 Baker Street, Foxboroug
6:30 pm - Soothing Sensory Time Ages: 3-5
Boyden Library Story & Craft Room , 2 Baker Street, Foxborou
10:30 am - The Democracy We Must Keep: Why the Ideas that Built America Still
Boyden Library Online
2:00 pm - Rock Hill Cemetery Web Design Meeting →
Boyden Library Fuller Conference Room , 2 Baker Street, Foxboroug
6:30 pm - Friends of Boyden Library Meeting
Boyden Library Community Meeting Room , 2 Baker Street, Foxboroug
7:00 pm - Silly with Storytime, Ages 3-5
Boyden Library Youth Services Circulation Desk , 2 Baker Street
10:30 am - TWO DAYS LEFT for tickets | Pigskin Pigout for KP Football →
American Legion, 592 South St, Wrentham
2:00 pm
Monday August 31
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
Thursday September 3
Sunday September 6
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🗓 Events Nearby
- (Classroom, 7yd) Archambault - BOPS
Mansfield Fish & Game 510 East St, Mansfield, MA 02048
8:00 am - SALT-N-PEPA & TLC WITH EN VOGUE - IT'S ICONIC →
The Xfinity Center, 885 S Main St, Mansfield
7:30 pm - TLC, Salt-N-Pepa, En Vogue →
The Xfinity Center, 885 S Main St, Mansfield
7:30 pm - TLC, Salt-N-Pepa & En Vogue →
The Xfinity Center, 885 S Main St, Mansfield
7:30 pm
Sunday August 30
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Joseph A.H. Marin (boothbayregister.com)
Norfolk
- Kearney Volleyball begins season on right foot (centralnebraskatoday.com)
- Editorial: The Herald endorses Craig MacLellan for Norfolk DA (bostonherald.com)
- After town's search for a dusty 1914 will, court order frees up $3 million in scholarship funds for BHS students (brookline.news)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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